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BAYERN MUNICH are reportedly set to pip Chelsea to the signing of Matthijs de Ligt with the Juventus preferring the Bavarian outfit.
The Dutch defender has been heavily linked with a Turin exit this summer after admitting he may reject a new contract offer.
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De Ligt still has two years left to run on his deal at Juve, but is said to have told the club he intends to leave after putting in a transfer request.
Chelsea are known to be admirers of the 22-year-old as Thomas Tuchel looks to bolster his defence having seen Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen depart as free agents.
The Blues are reported to have had a £34m offer plus either Timo Werner or Christian Pulisic turned down by the Serie A outfit.
And they now look set to miss out altogether as Bayern eye up a deal.
According to Sky Sport reporter Florian Plettenberg, De Ligt has his eyes set on a switch to the Allianz Arena following talks with the club’s boss Julian Nagelsmann and sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic.
Though he stressed that Juve could seek as much as £69million in order to part ways with the player.
He tweeted: “Bayern wants him & De Ligt wants to join Bayern! Talks with Nagelsmann & Salihamidzic impressed him!
“Negotiations between Bayern/Juve have started. Talks are good.
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“But he‘s very expensive. Transfer fee expected between €60m [£51.6m]-€80m[£69m].
Should he link up with Bayern, De Ligt would be reunited with former Ajax team-mates Ryan Gravenberch and Noussair Mazraoui who joined earlier in the window.
Juventus chief Maurizio Arrivabene recently hinted how the Italian side may have to sell De Ligt.
He said: “It’s impossible to keep players when they want to leave the club.
“But all the three parties in the negotiations have to be satisfied.”
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